Reliability Engineer

Reliability Engineer

Opportunity:

The Reliability Engineer will lead continuous improvement initiatives aimed at minimizing risk to the business by addressing equipment and utility-related challenges across the site. They will ensure full engineering compliance with all regulatory and operational requirements.

In support of the Maintenance Excellence Program, the Reliability Engineer will focus on the optimization and sustained performance of critical equipment assets, driving long-term reliability and operational efficiency through targeted improvements and data-driven strategies.

Responsibilities:
• Support the engineers with the next level of MEP to fully integrate MEP into the culture.
• Implement programs and procedures required to ensure equipment maintenance is performed in a compliant manner.
• Monitor the operation of equipment and systems.
• Track, analyse and improve key Maintenance Excellence Program (MEP) key performance indicators (KPI’s) parameters such as asset utilization, maintenance cost, site maintenance compliance, schedule etc.
• Apply knowledge in methods and processes to prevent, or reduce, the likelihood or frequency of failures in site systems.
• Determine the use of predictive maintenance technologies.
• Conduct root cause failure analysis (RCFA) Reliability-Centred Maintenance (RCM) Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEA),Fault tree analysis (FTA), PM optimisation.
• Train employees on reliability processes, trains supervision on the impact that the operators and technicians have on reliability.
• Reviews completed work orders, assists planners with reliability concerns, promotes preventive maintenance as ongoing experiments and champions the technicians through continuous education.
• Analyse failure history to determine the reliability characteristics of systems, and from this analysis develop long term solutions to re-occurring issues.
• Review maintenance and installation plans for new equipment, provide reliability and maintainability specifications for new procurements. Is involved in developing support plans for new equipment.
• Demonstrate commitment towards achieving department targets.
• Perform internal audits on engineering systems, support external audits.
• Ensure adherence to company safety standards, policies and procedures.
• Proficient in the use of Computer Management Maintenance system (Maximo).
• Manage the Engineering Change Control process to ensure there are no non-conformances relating to engineering change control.
• Participate constructively as a member of the dept, keeping everyone informed and proactively share knowledge and expertise within the team.

Qualifications:

• Trade qualification plus six years plus engineering experience
• 3rd level qualification (mechanical/electrical/industrial engineering) must be coupled with 3-5 years relevant work experience.

• Knowledge of CMMS system (Maximo) as well as Power BI and MS Office.

• Knowledge of RCM++ is desirable.
• Strong IT Skills are required for this position